Syrian refugees in Turkey could become citizens, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in the Turkish border town of Kilis.
"We will give the chance to [acquire] citizenship by helping out these brothers and sisters by monitoring through offices set up by the ministry," Erdogan said...

A Turkish coastguard crew has been caught on camera attacking a rubber boat with about 40 asylum seekers on board, including five women and 15 children.
The incident happened at about 8am off the Greek island of Agathonisi. A Turkish Coast Guard Cutter started chasing the dinghy,...

An average of two children died every day in the Mediterranean since the picture of two-year-old Alan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach resort, created a shockwave around the globe.
[caption id="attachment_5448" align="alignnone" width="800"] One of the lucky ones: a small Syrian boy who was rescued on January...

The Netherlands, which currently holds the Presidency of the EU, has put forward a plan to ferry asylum seekers landing on the Greek islands back to Turkey.
[caption id="attachment_5404" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A Syrian refugee desperately off Agathonisi, Greece after he fell of a rubber raft overloaded with...

A 20-year-old Turkish man, who was at the helm of a speedboat that capsized off the Greek Island of Agathonisi leaving three Syrian children dead has been arrested and is facing manslaughter charges for the deaths.
[caption id="attachment_5353" align="alignnone" width="1024"] 20-year-old Ak Oskart made to kneel...

The EU is preparing to hold a summit with Turkey by the end of November or Beginning December with a view of putting in place an action plan that would help manage better the refugee crisis on the Aegean.
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The subject...

Some 27 people, including children, are feared dead after their dinghy carrying about 48 people collided with a ferry boat off Turkey.
[caption id="attachment_4628" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Belongings from the latest victims of a doomed attempt to reach Europe on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photo: UNHCR/I Prickett[/caption]
The accident,...

Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian-Kurdish boy who was found washed up on a Turkish beach has been laid to rest with his five-year-old brother Galip and his mother Rehan.
[caption id="attachment_4479" align="alignnone" width="700"] Aylan Kurdi, 3, and his five-year-old brother Galip. The image of Aylan's body lying...

Pictures have emerged of the three-year-old Syrian-Kurdish boy those death mobilised thousands of people into action over the past 24 hours. His name is Aylan Kurdi and he died with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother, Rehan, on their way to Greece on Wednesday September 2.
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